REMAK, ROBERT:

German physician; born at Posen July 26, 1815; died at Kissingen Aug. 29, 1865. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin, graduated in 1838, and settled in the Prussian capital. From 1843 he was assistant at the pathological department of the university, and in 1847 received the "venia legendi" from his alma mater. He was the first Jewish privat-docent in Prussia. In 1859 he became assistant professor.